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Diverse guilds provide complementary dispersal services in a woodland expansion process after land abandonment.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Escribano-Avila, G. & Calviño-Cancela, M. & Pías, B. & Virgós, E. & Valladares, F. & Escudero, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land abandonment due to increasing depopulation of rural areas is an ongoing trend in developed countries worldwide. Abandoned lands represent an oppo...

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North Thames Estuary & Marshes Area - Saltmarsh NVC Survey, 2023.

Published online: 08 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Carter, R.

Content type: Reports

This report details a phytosociological survey conducted by botanists from RSK Biocensus Ltd, mapping approximately 90 hectares of intertidal saltmars...

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Boreal forest fertilization leads to functional homogenization of ground beetle assemblages.

Published online: 17 Jun 2021

Authors: Rodríguez, A. & Hekkala, A. M. & Sjögren, J. & Strengbom, J. & Löfroth, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive fertilization of young spruce forest plantations (i.e. 'nutrient optimization') has the potential to meet increasing demands for carbon sequ...

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Bird communities in African cocoa agroforestry are diverse but lack specialized insectivores.

Published online: 17 Jun 2021

Authors: Jarrett, C. & Smith, T. B. & Claire, T. T. R. & Ferreira, D. F. & Tchoumbou, M. & Elikwo, M. N. F. & Wolfe, J. & Brzeski, K. & Welch, A. J. & Hanna, R. & Powell, L. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests are being converted to agriculture throughout the Afrotropics, driving declines in sensitive rainforest taxa such as understorey birds. The on...

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Exotic flies maintain pollination services as native pollinators decline with agricultural expansion.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Stavert, J. R. & Pattemore, D. E. & Bartomeus, I. & Gaskett, A. C. & Beggs, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Globally, conversion of natural habitat to agricultural land is a primary driver of declines in critical ecosystem services, including pollination. Ho...

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Large-scale forest disturbance and associated management shape bird communities in Central European spruce forests.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Graser, A. & Georg, M. & Kallmayer, J. & Marten, A. & Pertl, C. & Rumpf, H. & Senf, C. & Kamp, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Central Europe, natural forest disturbance is increasing due to climate change and the legacies of past forest management. The resulting early succ...

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The impacts of multiple anthropogenic environmental drivers on plant-soil feedbacks: a systematic review protocol.

Published online: 27 May 2025

Authors: Beyene, M. S. & Roberto, A. N. & Broadbent, A. A. D. & Cordero, I. & Johnson, D. & Isaac, M. E. & Leizeaga, A. & Lum, D. & Taylor, C. R. & Bardgett, R. D. & Cadotte, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) regulate plant growth, plant community dynamics and ecosystem functioning and are important for global biogeochemical cycl...

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Replicable tools and frameworks for biocarbon development in West Africa.

Published online: 17 May 2017

Authors: Sehmi, R. & Mbow, C. & Pitkanen, S. & Cross, H. & Berry, N. & Riddell, M. & Heiskanen, J. & Aynekulu, E.

Content type: Bulletin

This working paper is intended to help countries in West Africa, and local communities and farmers to adopt climate-smart land management practices th...

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Detecting impacts and setting restoration targets in arid-zone rivers: aquatic micro-invertebrate responses to reduced floodplain inundation.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Jenkins, K. M. & Boulton, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water extraction from arid-zone rivers increases the time between floods across their floodplain wetlands. Less frequent flooding in Australian arid-z...

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Burning for biodiversity: highly resilient ant communities respond only to strongly contrasting fire regimes in Australia's seasonal tropics.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Andersen, A. N. & Ribbons, R. R. & Pettit, M. & Parr, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

According to the pyrodiversity paradigm, a wide range of fire regimes is required to maintain biodiversity in fire-prone landscapes. However, the requ...

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